sebi:WTM/PS/176/ERO/MAR/2016
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Facts / Headnote
Directions issued: refund of money collected through NCDs with 15% p.a. interest compounded half-yearly, market access bans for 4 years, asset inventory, public notice, and referral to MCA/State Government for further action
Provisions invoked
- s. 11A
- s. 19
- s. 12(1)
- s. 27
- s. 55A
- s. 73
- s. 28A
- s. 4A
- s. 67(3)
- s. 117B
- s. 56
- s. 73(2)
- s. 67(1)
- s. 67(2)
- s. 67
- s. 73(1)
- s. 2(36)
- s. 60
- s. 56(1)
- s. 117C
Regulations
- Reg. 7
- Reg. 14
- Reg. 12
- Reg. 19
- Reg. 15
- Reg. 16
- Reg. 26
- Reg. 8
- Reg. 107
- Reg. 6
- Reg. 17
- Reg. 4(2)(a)
- Reg. 4(2)(b)
- Reg. 4(2)(c)
- Reg. 9
- Reg. 4(2)(d)
- Reg. 4(3)
- Reg. 4(4)
- Reg. 5(2)(b)
Parties
- Goldmine Food Products Limited
- Bablu Saha
- Tushar Sur
- Joydip Mukhopadhyay
- Goldmine Debenture Trust (represented by Trustee Sujata Saha)
Holding
The Company made a public issue of NCDs to more than 49 persons without complying with the Companies Act, 1956 and ILDS Regulations, and the directors are jointly and severally liable to refund the money with interest. The debenture trustee Goldmine Debenture Trust violated Section 12(1) of the SEBI Act and Regulation 7 of the DT Regulations.
Full text
Page 2 of 15 2. In order to protect the investors who have subscribed to the impugned offer and issue of NCDs and to prevent the Company from further carrying on with its fund mobilizing activity under the offer of NCDs, SEBI had issued the following directions: “… …
Page 3 of 15 of personal hearing on a date and time to be fixed on a specific request made in that regard.” 3. The interim order observed that the prima facie observations made therein were on the basis of the information/ documents obtained from the ‘MCA-21’ portal. The interim
Page 4 of 15 iii. It was observed from the undated reply submitted by GFPL received by SEBI on March 05, 2012 that the company came out with an issue of Non- Convertible Redeemable Debentures ("Offer of NCDs") aggregating to ₹49.68 Crores. The issue opening date was July 01, 2010 and closing date was June 30, 2011. During 2010-11, the total amount collected from the Offer of NCDs was ₹31.44 Crores (approx.) and during 2011-12, the total amount collected was ₹17.96 Crores (approx.). iv. GFPL has claimed that the debentures were issued to only 22 holders. However, no list in this regard has been submitted by the company despite being given several opportunities to do so. Further, GFPL has also not provided any certificate from a Chartered Accountant as sought by SEBI. The details of debenture holders is also not available in MCA portal. v. GFPL has not created any Debenture Redemption Reserve as noted from the Balance Sheet for the financial years ended March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2012. vi. GFPL has created a charge of ₹50 Crores on June 25, 2010 for series of debentures issued on July 01, 2010 on its immovable properties. As per the Trust Deed, the company has stated that it has land as a security. However, it was observed from the balance sheet for the year ending on 31.03.2010 that as on 31.03.2010, the value of the land is only ₹1.46 Crore. vii. GFPL had filed Form 10 with the RoC, West Bengal for all the aforesaid series of Debentures. It is observed from the aforesaid Fo
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